"Sorry." Montag gave him the book.
"It’s been a long time. I’m not a religious man. But it’s been a long time."
Faber turned the pages, stopping here and there to read.
"It’s as good as I remember.
Lord, how they’ve changed it in our ‘parlors’ these days.
Christ is one of the ‘family’ now.
. I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way they’ve dressed him up,
or is it dressed him down?
He’s a regular peppermint stick now,
all sugar-crystalled and saccharine when he isn’t making veiled references
to certain commercial products that every worshiper absolutely needs."
-Farenheit 451. p. 9, Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451. Great book. I've taught it often. In this part Bradbury has professor Faber talking about a future where Jesus has become just another sweet celebrity used to hawk commercial products in various ads. It's still a disturbing scenario.
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